diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 94dd2a7d..cf42cab2 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class tempest(
     if $setup_venv {
       # virtualenv will be installed along with tox
       exec { 'setup-venv':
-        command => "/usr/bin/python ${tempest_clone_path}/tools/install_venv.py",
+        command => "/usr/bin/virtualenv ${tempest_clone_path}/.venv && ${tempest_clone_path}/.venv/bin/pip install -U -r requirements.txt",
         cwd     => $tempest_clone_path,
         unless  => "/usr/bin/test -d ${tempest_clone_path}/.venv",
         require => [
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 3969ce2c..b3acb841 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class tempest::params {
         'openssl-devel',
         'libffi-devel',
         'patch',
-        'gcc',
+        'gcc'
       ]
       $python_aodh_tests       = 'python-aodh-tests'
       $python_ceilometer_tests = 'python-ceilometer-tests'
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class tempest::params {
         'libffi-dev',
         'patch',
         'gcc',
+        'python-virtualenv',
       ]
       $python_aodh_tests       = false
       $python_ceilometer_tests = false
diff --git a/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
index b5943610..d6bb78f3 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ describe 'tempest' do
                               'libssl-dev',
                               'libffi-dev',
                               'patch',
-                              'gcc' ] }
+                              'gcc',
+                              'python-virtualenv' ] }
         when 'RedHat'
           { :dev_packages => ['python-devel',
                               'libxslt-devel',
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ describe 'tempest' do
                               'openssl-devel',
                               'libffi-devel',
                               'patch',
-                              'gcc' ] }
+                              'gcc'] }
         end
       end